Tag: mission trip
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Malawi Safari
I’ll start out with the lingering point. It feels wrong to me to take two days out of the trip to go on safari. Even after the experience I think it would have been better to stay on campus. The trip leader was pretty adamant that we should go on safari. This is where life… Read more
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Wahida – Children of the Nations
Today was a nervous day. Are we going to an orphanage? What can I say to an eight year old girl I’ve never met and may not speak any English? I told my boys that I want them to meet her too. Does that make it more or less awkward? There was a sign up… Read more
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Evelyn – African Bible College
In case you haven’t caught on there are quite a few cultural differences between Malawi and the United States. Evelyn taught me some more. I am very soft spoken and relatively shy. I sat next to Evelyn in the back of the bus on the way to the village one day. She is also soft… Read more
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Empowering Education at African Bible College
I want to support Malawi, but there is so little that I can do myself. Even while being there in person there is so little I can do without a translator. The people that can really make a difference in Malawi are the interns. They have so much potential after they graduate with their education… Read more
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Letting Go
For me the biggest learning from the trip to Malawi was to let go. This has been a theme in my life for a couple years, but for this trip I felt like I could actually feel what no anxiety means. Not because it was easy, but because of the mindset and support from the… Read more